[精华]英语谚语精选1000句

英语谚语精选1000句

(English Proverb Collection)

Lying is the first step to the gallows.

说谎是上断头台的第一步。

Waste not,want not.

俭以防匮。

From saving comes having.

富有来自节俭。

A penny saved is a penny gained.

省一文是一文。

Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves. 金钱积少便成多。

Frugality is an estate alone.

节俭本身就是一宗财产。

He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.

小钱不知节省，大钱将滥花。

Small gains bring great wealth.

积小利，成巨富。

Many a little makes a mickle.

积少便成多。

As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.

试金之石可试金，正如黄金能试人。

Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.

勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。

The path to glory is always rugged.

光荣之路常坎坷。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事，只要人肯试。

The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.

烈火试真金，困苦炼壮士。

Great hopes make great man.

远大的希望造就伟大的人物。

No way is impossible to courage.

勇士面前无险路。

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。

The good seaman is known in bad weather.

坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员；要识好海员，须凭坏天气。

The best hearts are always the bravest.

行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。

We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.

求神不如求己。

He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.

今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。

Rome was not built in a day.

罗马并非一日可建成；坚持必成。

Success belongs to the persevering.

胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。

We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success.

我们要多次重申：不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道路。

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

Step by step the ladder is ascended.

登梯需要逐级登。

Adversity leads to prosperity.

困苦通向昌盛。

Patience and application will carry us through.

忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。

Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.

做事只要有耐心，到头总会有好运；耐心候好运，好运常会来。

All things will come round to him who will but wait.

只要肯等待，一切都会按时来。

Constant dropping wears the stone.

滴水不绝可穿石。

Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.

鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成；不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。

The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.

世界好似一把梯，有人上去有人下。

There needs a long apprenticeship to understand the mystery of the world's trade.

要知世事奥秘多，须要长期作学徒。

Life is sweet.

生活是可爱的；人无不好生(恶死)。

Where there is life,there is hope.

生命不息，希望长在。

Life is not all beer and skittles.

人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。

Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of.

眼前发生许多事，有些我们并不知。

Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.

人人都有走运的一天。

If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.

运气太好，见人不睬；运气太坏，无人理会。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。

Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。

Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).

祸不单行。

Misfortune is a good teacher.

不幸是良好的教师。

Misfortunes come at night.

祸常生于不测。

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

恶运临头后，才知幸运贵。

Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.

患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。

Live and learn.

活到老，学到老。

It is never too old to learn.

为学不怕年高。

A man becomes learned by asking questions.

要长学问，就得多问；多问则业精。

There is no royal road to learning.

学问无坦途。

He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.

畏问之人耻于学。

What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.

婴孩时期学到的东西，老死不会忘记。

Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。

Soon learnt,soon forgotten.

学得快，忘得快。

Learn young,learn fair.

为学趁年青，既学须学好。

A lazy youth,a lousy age.

少时懒惰老来苦。

He that knows nothing,doubts nothing.

无知即无疑。

A good name keeps its luster in the dark.

良好的名声在黑暗中也能闪闪发光。

Fame is a magnifying glass.

名誉是放大镜。

A good fame is better than a good face.

美名胜于美貌。

Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。

Take honour from me and my life is done.

没有名誉，就没有了生命。

Beware of him who regards not his reputation.

要谨防不重名誉的人。

It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.

光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。

Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。

Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

无功得名是常事，无过失名也是常事。

Your father's honour is to you but a second-hand honour.

对于你来说，父亲的荣誉只是间接的荣誉。

Never trust another what you should do yourself.

自己该做的事，决不要委托给旁人做。

It is an equal failing to trust everybody,and to trust nobody.

信任一切与不信任任何人，同样是弱点。

Eat a peck of salt with a man before you trust him.

在你信任一个人之前，先要深入了解他。

If you trust before you try,you may repent before you die.

不经考验就依赖，不到瞑目便的悔。

Never trust to fine words.

切勿轻信漂亮话。

Trust not a great weight to a slender thread.

细线挂重物，终究不可靠。

Be just to all,but trust not all.

要对一切人都公正，但不要对一切人都信任。

Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.

只要信任你自己，旁人才不出卖你。

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

自信为英雄品质之本。

Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

信任是一种生长缓慢的植物。

Truth is the daughter of time.

真理是时间的女儿。

Truth hath a good face,but ill clothes.

真理面目善良；但衣衫褴褛。

Truth and roses have thorns about them.

真理和玫瑰，身旁都有刺。

Truth may be blamed,but shall never be shamed.

真理可能会被责难，但绝不会受羞辱。

Though malice may darken truth,it cannot put it out.

恶意可以糟塌真理；但无法消灭真理。

Truth will prevail.

真理必胜。

Truth's best ornament is nakedness.

不加掩饰乃是真理的最好装饰。

Facts are stubborn things.

事实是最顽强的东西。

Sooner or later,the truth comes to light.

真相迟早会大白。

The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know.

我们最不愿意听到的事实，往往是我们知道了会大有好处的事实。

Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.

谎言似荨麻，玩弄会刺手。

There is many a fair thing full false.

有许多说得好听的东西充满了谬误。

Though a lie be well drest,it is ever overcome.

谎言装扮虽不错，到头总会被揭露。

A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.

谎言生谎言，谎言世代传。

A false tongue will hardly speak truth.

假舌不会吐真言。

False with one can be false with two.

对一个人虚假，也会对两个人虚假。

He that will lie will steal.

会说谎的人也就会偷窃。

Gossiping and lying go together.

流言常和谎话并行。

Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

含糊其词是谎话的近亲。

A great talker is a great liar.

最会夸夸其谈的人也最会说谎。

The greatest liars talk most of themselves.

最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。

Lying rides upon debt's back.

负债的人谎话多。

All is not gold that glitters.

闪光未必尽黄金。

Money is the root of evil.

金钱是罪恶的根源。

Money makes the mare go.

有钱能使鬼推磨。

All things are obedient to money.

一切事物都服从于金钱。

Before gold,even kings take off their hats.

在黄金面前，国王也要脱帽。

Money is the key that opens all doors.

金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。

Beauty is potent,but money is more potent.

美貌固有力，金钱力更大。

Avarice increases with wealth.

越有钱，越贪钱。

The money the miser hoards will do him no good.

守财奴积财，对自己毫无好处。

What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy?

财富如带忧郁来，有了财富有何用？。

Gold will not buy anything.

黄金不能买尽一切。

The chief aim of man is not to get money.

人的主要目的并不是赚钱。

Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.

相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。

Wealth makes worship.

财富能使人拜倒。

Little wealth,little care.

财富少，烦恼也少。

A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

身上无钱过市快。

Poverty is not a crime.

贫非罪。

Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.

贫穷不可耻，偷窃乃足羞。

Better be poor than wicked.

宁可做穷人，不可做坏人。

Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without resolution to help onself,is a disgrace.

贫穷不足为耻，穷而不能自立方可耻。

Poverty is the mother of health.

贫穷是健康之母。

Be considerate toward the poor.

应常为穷人着想。

Poor and content is rich and rich enough.

人能安贫就是富。

Poverty parteth fellowship.

贫穷断友情。

Poverty makes a man mean.

贫困使人小气。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.

只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。

Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.

不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。

Poverty and love are hard to hide.

贫困与爱情，都难瞒过人。

Poverty breeds strife.

贫困引起冲突。

The poor man wants much,the miser everything.

穷人要求多，财迷则样样都要。

The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.

富人口中的美味是穷人眼中的泪水。

Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden.

老而贫困，负担最沉。

Beggars must (should) be no choosers.

行乞的哪能挑肥拣瘦；饥不择食。

A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.

穷人眼中的一只羊，贵似富人一头牛。

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

钱袋轻时心事重。

Poor without debt is better than a prince.

穷人无债胜王子。

Happy is he who owes nothing.

无债一身轻。

Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.

借钱才到手，立刻便担忧。

He that goes a borrowing,goes a sorrowing.

向人借债是自寻烦恼。

Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

与其负债起身，不如空腹上床。

Out of debt,out of danger.

脱债就脱险。

A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.

深忧偿不了小债。

He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.

不自作聪明便是最聪明。

Wise men have their mouth in their heart,fools their heart in their mouth. 聪明人嘴在心里，愚蠢人心在嘴边。

Wise men learn by other men's mistakes;fools by their own.

聪明人从旁人的错误中吸取教训，愚笨人则从自身的错误中吸取教训。

He is wise that knows when he's well enough.

知足为智者。

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

智者不强求。

He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs.

明智者有足够的机智处理自己的事情。

No man is born wise.

聪明非天生。

A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.

能随机应变的人是聪明人。

A word is enough to the wise.

对明智者一言已足。

He is the wise man who is the honest man.

正直的人就是有见识的人。

A wise man thinks all that he says,a fool says all that he thinks.

聪明人想了才说，愚笨的人想着就说。

The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.

聪明的手不做愚蠢的嘴所说的事。

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.

口若悬河，不能证明真有才智。

It is easy to be wise after the event.

事后的诸葛亮容易做。

The wise man knows he knows nothing,the fool thinks the knows all.

聪明人自认一无所知，愚笨人自负无所不晓。

Fools learn nothing from wise men;but wise men learn much from fools.

愚人不能从智者那里学到什么；而智者却能从愚人那里学到很多。

A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

愚人常短于心计。

A fool's heart dances on his lips.

愚人的心挂在唇边。

A fool always finds a greater fool than himself.

愚人总以为旁人比自己更傻。

A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.

一个人可能说话如智者，而行为象愚人。

The more riches a fool hath,the greater fool he is.

愚人越富越蠢。

Never challenge a fool to do wrong.

不要怂恿愚人干错事。

It is better to please a fool than to anger him.

对愚人最好是使他高兴，而不是惹他发怒。

He is a fool who cannot be angry,but he is a wise man who will not.

不会发怒是蠢人，不愿发怒是聪明人。

'Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly.

枉自学聪明，却做愚蠢事。

Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.

没有学识的机智，犹如没有果实的树。

No man is wise at all times.

世上无一贯明智的人。

Many heads are better than one.

几个脑袋总比一个脑袋强；三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。

Virtue never grows old.

美德永不老。

Virtue is the only true nobility.

万事不如美德高。

Virtue is a jewel of great price.

美德乃是无价宝。

He that soweth virtue shall reap fame.

播下美德，收获名望。

To be virtuous is to do good.

行善即是有德。

Glory is the shadow of virtue.

荣誉是美德的影子。

There is no virtue that poverty destroyeth not.

没有贫穷不能破坏的美德。

The first step to virtue is to abstrain from vice.

不作恶是走向美德的第一步。

No good building without a good foundation.

基础不良的好建筑物是没有的。

One good turn deserves another.

善行应有善报；善良的行为应得善良行为的报答。

He that returns good for evil obtains the victory.

胜利属于以德报怨的人。

We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.

我有德于人不应记；人有德于我不可忘。

If they say you are good,ask yourself if it be true.

若有人称赞，自问对不对。

He who avoids temptation avoids the sin.

不受诱惑就免于罪恶。

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

问心无愧，打雷也能睡。

Never be weary of well doing.

不要厌倦做好事。

Of evil grain,no good seed can come.

坏谷无好种。

That which is evil is soon learnt.

恶行易学。

No vice goes alone.

恶事不单行。

An evil lesson is soon learned.

恶习易染。

A bad thing never dies.

坏事传千年。

Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.

罪恶于人，尺进寸退。

The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.

保持一桩恶事的代价超过于十件好事。

They that do nothing learn to do ill.

游手好闲，容易学坏。

A wicked man is his own hell.

坏人作恶，自造地狱。

Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.

吃得好，喝得好，坏事常常免不了。

He who has done ill once will do it again.

一次干坏事，便有第二次。

There is no going heaven in a sedan.

坐轿上天堂，从来无此事。

An ill life,an ill end.

恶有恶报。

A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.

不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

没有知识的热心，犹如有火而无光。

Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.

隐恶败善；原谅坏人即是伤害好人。

The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.

重伤可治，恶名难去。

Evil communications corrupt good manners.

不良的交往败坏良好的举止。

No wrong without remedy.

有过皆可补。

Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

唯利是图者，胸中无美德。

First think,and then speak.

动口先动脑。

A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled). 一言既出，驷马难追。

While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's.

话在嘴里，属于自己；话一出口，人家所有。

Speech is silver,silence is gold.

言语是银，沉默是金。

Few words are best.

寡言为贵。

No wisdom like silence.

聪明莫过沉默。

Least said,soonest mended.

少说为妙。

Second thoughts are best.

再思而后行。

Look before you leap.

慎思而后行。

He is a wise man who speaks little.

智多言语少。

Fair words butter no parsnips.

美言无补实际。

The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.

舌头不是钢，一动把人伤。

Sometimes words hurt more than swords.

言语能伤人，有时胜刀剑。

A good tongue is a good weapon.

口齿伶俐，是件利器。

A wise head makes a close mouth.

头脑灵，嘴巴紧。

It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.

说得多是一回事，讲得中肯又是一回事。

Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit.

无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树，不会结果。

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

与其说话不中肯，不如半句也莫吭。

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

笑语之中吐真言。

Few words,many deeds.

少说话，多做事。

Actions speak louder than words.

行动比言语响亮；百说不如一干。

From words to deeds is a great space.

言行之间，大有距离。

Deeds,not words.

要行动，不要言词。

Bare words,no bargain.

空言不能成交易。

Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.

行动是果实，言语只是叶子。

Ill deeds cannot honour.

坏行为不受尊敬。

Fine words dress ill deeds.

漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。

Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.

动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。

Our own actions are our security,not others' judgements.

我们的行为是自己的保证，并不是旁人的鉴定。

A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 空有言语而无行动的人，犹如杂草丛生的花园。

A man is not good or bad for one action.

不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。

A man apt to promise is apt to forget.

易于许诺的人也易于忘记。

A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.

人不守信，无异于叫旁人对他失信。

Easier said than done.

说易行难。

The greatest talkers are always the least doers.

大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

布丁好坏，一尝便知；空谈不如实践。

Pride goes before a fall.

骄者必败。

Pride goes before destruction.

骄者必败。

Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.

骄傲走在前，羞耻跟在后。

Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.

傲慢和温雅，永难住一处。

He that climbs high falls heavily.

爬得高，跌得重。

Pride must be pinched.

骄傲应收敛。

The more noble the more humble.

越高贵，越应谦逊。

Humility often gains more than pride.

谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。

He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none. 自命万事通，腹中常空空。

No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself.

人并不因为他自知很差就是很差。

Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.

骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。

It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.

用慷慨激昂的言语攻击傲慢并不是谦逊的标志。

He that is full of himself is very empty.

自满之人腹内空。

Honesty is the best policy.

诚实为上策。

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

诚实人的诺言实际上就是他的保证书。

Poor but honest.

虽贫穷，要诚实。

Honesty may be dear bought,but can never be an ill pennyworth. 高价买诚实，永远也值得。

Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.

欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。

Every man has his weak side.

人人都有自己的弱点。

He who has no shame has no conscience.

不知羞耻的人不知自疚。

An honest look covereth many faults.

一副诚实的外表掩盖着许多缺点。

Once a knave,ever a knave.

一次成无赖，永远是无赖。

A crafty knave needs no broker.

狡猾的无赖不需要有中间人。

The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.

正当得到的一分钱胜于偷来的一元钱。

One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.

合法取得的一辨士，胜于非法取得的一千辨士。

The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

不正当得来的辨士使正当得来的英镑也受到沾污。

Love is blind.

爱情是盲目的。

Love is without reason.

爱情无理智。

Love is full of trouble.

爱情充满了烦恼。

Love cannot be compelled.

爱情不能强迫。

Love begets love.

爱爱相生。

Love needs no teaching.

爱情不需教导。

Love at first sight.

一见倾心。

Love asks faith,and faith firmness.

爱情要求信任，信任要求坚定。

Love is the touchstone of virtue.

爱情是美德的试金石。

Love not at the first look.

不要一见钟情。

Hasty love,soon cold.

爱得匆忙冷得快。

Love is a sweet torment.

爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。

Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。

Love will find out the way.

爱情自会寻出路。

Love is not to be found in the market.

爱情在市场上找不到。

Lovers live by love,as larks live by leeks.

情侣靠爱情生活，正象云雀靠韭葱生活一样。

Old love will not be forgotten.

旧情永难忘；往日的爱情难以忘怀。

True love kythes(=shows itself)in time of need.

患难显真情。

Sound love is not soon forgotten.

坚固的爱情不会顷刻忘怀。

The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

最大的恨来自最大的爱。

No love is foul,nor prison fair.

没有肮脏的爱情，也没有美丽的监狱。

Labour is lihgt where love doth pay.

爱情付报酬，劳苦也轻松。

Love is the reward of love.

爱就是爱的报酬。

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

爱情把一切冷酷之心变成温柔。

When love puts in,friendship is gone.

爱情进入，友情完结。

The course of true love never did run smooth.

真爱的道路绝不平坦。

Love is a sweet tyranny,because the lover endures his torment willingly. 爱情是可爱的虐政，情人们甘受它痛苦的折磨。

True love is giving,not taking.

真挚的爱是给，不是取。

Love makes obedience easy.

爱情使顺从成为易事。

Love is sweet in the beginning,but sour in the end.

爱情先甜后来酸。

Where love fails,we espy all faults.

爱情一失败，一切毛病都发现。

Follow love and it will flee,flee love and it will follow thee.

追求爱情它高飞，逃避爱情它跟随。

When poverty comes in at the door,love flies out of the window.

贫穷一进门，爱情跳窗走。

Faults are thick while love is thin.

一朝情义淡，样样不顺眼。

Hatred is blind as well as love.

爱情和仇恨，二者皆盲目。

Marriage is a lottery.

婚姻是一桩难于预测的事。

Marry thy like.

跟你情投意合的人结婚。

Marriage makes or mars a man.

婚姻成全人，也能损害人。

It is good to marry late or never.

晚婚或不婚，都是好事情。

Early wed,early dead.

早婚者早夭。

They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen.

年纪轻轻就结婚，为时不久便悔恨。

A young man married is a man that's marred.

男子早婚，种下祸根。

Marry in haste,and repent at leisure.

匆匆结婚，时时悔恨。

Marry in lent,and you'll live to repent.

借债结婚，一生悔恨。

He that marries for wealth,sells his liberty.

为财富而结婚的人，出卖了自己的自由。

An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.

不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。

Who marrieth for love without money,hath good nights and sorry days. 为了爱情，无钱结婚，夜来欢娱，白天悔恨。

If you always say "NO",never be married.

常常说“不”字，永远难结婚。

Honest men marry soon,wise men not at all.

老实的人早成婚，聪明的人不结婚。

A good wife and health is a man's best wealth.

贤妻和健康是男子的至宝。

A good wife makes a good husband.

有好妻子就有好丈夫；妻贤夫自良。

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

选择妻子，最好用耳不用眼。

Better be half hanged than ill wed.

与其成怨偶，不如守单身。

He who does not honour his wife,dishonours himself.

不尊重自己妻子的人，自己也不会受人尊重。

The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.

有懦弱的丈夫，就有凶悍的妻子。

It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.

母鸡司晨家不兴。

The wife is the key of the house.

妻子是一家之钥；妻贤一家兴。

The more women look in their glass,the less they look to their house.

妇女照镜越多，照管家务就越少。

East or west,home is best.

东也好，西也好，还是家中最好；金窝银窝，不如家里的草窝。One father can support ten children; ten children cannot support one father. 一个父亲可以供养十个孩子，十个孩子却不能供养一个父亲。

One father is more than a hundred school-masters.

一个父亲胜于一百个教师。

Like father,like son.

有其父，必有其子。

The father buys,the son bigs,the grandchild sells,and his son thigs.

父买、子修建、孙儿卖，重孙街上当乞丐。

The mother's breath is aye sweet.

母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。

Like mother,like daughter.

有其母，必有其女。

Children are the parents' riches.

子女是父母的至宝。

A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world.

孩童是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的东西。

He that hath no children,knows not what is love.

没有孩子的人，不知道什么叫做爱。

Children learn to creep ere they can go.

孩子要走路，先得学爬行。

Silly(=good) child is soon ylered(=taught).

好小孩，学得快。

Boys will be boys.

孩子终归是孩子。

One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.

一个男孩比十二个女孩增添的麻烦还多。

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

省了棍子，惯坏了孩子。

Naughty boys sometimes make good men.

淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。

The child is father of the man.

三岁定到老。

Happy is he that is happy in childhood.

童年时快乐的人是幸福的。

Children and fools cannot lie.

孩子和愚人不会扯谎。

My son is my son till he hath got him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.

儿子娶妻后就不是自己的儿子，可是女儿终身都是自己的女儿。

It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well.

养女容易嫁女难。

A maid that laughs is half taken.

少女笑口开，婚事成一半。

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

有许多人向她求婚的少女，往往选中最差的一个。

Maids want nothing but husbands,but when they have them they want everything.

未婚女子不要别的，只要丈夫，有了丈夫以后，一切都要。

Would you know your daughter,see her in company.

你若想了解女儿，只要看她和什么样的人交往。

He that would the daughter win,must with the mother first begin.

要想赢得女儿的欢心，必须先从她母亲着手。

Life without friend is death.

没有朋友的生活便等于死亡。

Without a friend,the world is wilderness.

没有朋友，世界成了荒野。

Friendless is the dead.

死者无友。

A good friend is my nearest relation.

好友即至亲。

A near friend is better than a fardwelling kinsman.

近友胜远亲。

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

和任何人都认朋友，结果和任何人都交不成朋友；友多无好友。

In time of prosperity,friends will be plenty.

走运时候朋友多。

It is good to have friends in trouble.

在患难中能有朋友是好事。

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.

富裕招致朋友，困苦考验朋友。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难时的朋友才是真正的朋友。

Poverty tries friends.

贫穷考验朋友；人贫见友情。

Try your friend ere you trust him.

对朋友要先考验，后信任。

Prove thy friend ere thou have need.

在你需要朋友帮助前，先要考验他们。

A friend is never known till a man have need.

不到困窘时，永难识真友。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

忠实朋友实难求。

Friends are like fiddle-strings,they must not be screwed too tight. 朋友有如琴弦，不能上的太紧。

Have but few frieds,though many acquaintances.

结交可以多，朋友应宜少。

All are not friends that speak us fair.

向我们说好话的并不都是好朋友。

He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend.

金钱满袋，朋友盈门；钱袋装得饱，朋友不会少。

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.

朝中有友，胜如囊中有钱。

It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.

天堂上和地狱中都有几个朋友，这乃是一件好事。

We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 指望朋友无缺点，永远休想交朋友。

A friend without faults will never be found.

没有缺点的朋友永不可得。

A man without a friend is only half a man.

无友的人只能算半个人。

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.

失友快，交友慢。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

友谊不能总是在一方。

Old acquaintance will soon be remembered.

故人一见便相亲。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

背后称我好，才算好朋友。

Friends (the best of friends) must part.

好友终有分手时。

A friend is best found in adversity.

患难见真交。

I will be thy friend,but not thy vices' friend.

我愿意做你的朋友，但不做你那些恶习的朋友。

False friends are worse than open enemies.

假朋友比真敌人更坏。

Short acquaintance brings repentance.

浅交致后悔。

He that lies down (sleeps) with dogs must rise up with fleas.

与恶人交终会变恶；近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

Better be alone than in bad company.

交损友不如无友。

Write down the advice of him who loves you,though you like it not at present.

爱你的人的忠告，即使你当时并不喜欢，也得把它记下。

Hunger knows no friend.

饥饿不认朋友。

Misery makes strange bedfellows.

难中不择友。

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

一个敌人为害，胜过十个朋友行好。

An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.

敌人嘴里无好话。

Believe no tales from the enemy.

敌人之言不可信。

One enemy is too much.

一个敌人已太多。

Mickle power makes many enemies.

权高树敌多。

Do not despise your enemy.

不可轻敌。

Though thy enemy seem a mouse,yet watch him like a lion.

敌人即使小如鼠，防他也要如防狮。

If we are bound to forgive an enemy,we are not bound to trust him.

即便我们决心宽恕敌人，也决不能相信敌人。

He that dallies with enemy gives him leave to kill him.

把敌人看儿戏，无异于准许敌人杀害自己。

In an enemy spots are soon seen.

敌人身上求疵易。

If you would make an enemy,lend a man money and ask it of him again.

你若想与人结怨，只须先借钱给他，再向他催讨。

A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.

勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友。

An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel thy sword. 对俯伏在你脚下乞怜的敌人，绝不可使他触及你的剑。

Make your enemy your friend.

要化敌为友。

Live and let live.

自己活也让别人活。

As a man lives,so shall he die.

有生必有死。

We are not born for ourselves.

人生天地间，并非为自己。

He that hath time hath life.

有时间就有生活。

He that lives long suffers much.

寿长忧患多。

They who live longest will see most.

寿命最长的人见识也最广。

He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

他生在富贵人家。

A man can die but once.

人生只有一回死。

He that liveth in court dieth upon straw.

生于安乐者常死于贫贱。

He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly.

过着邪恶生活的人不会正直地死去。

Death pay all debts.

一死了百债。

Six feet of earth makes all men equal.

墓穴之中，人人平等。

Death is the grand leveller.

死亡面前，不分贵贱。

Death meets us everywhere.

人生到处皆可死；死亡和我们到处相遇。

Death frees us from ills.

死亡使我们解脱不幸。

We shall lie all alike in our graves.

一朝进坟场，大家都一样。

In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.

一朝入暮穴，贫富皆一律。

Death defies the doctor.

死亡蔑视医生。

There is no medicine against death.

人间哪有不死（回春）药。

Light come,light go.